Polystachya principia Stévart & P.J.Cribb

First published in Kew Bull. 59: 81 (2004)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Príncipe. It is a pseudobulbous epiphyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Gulf of Guinea Is.

Classification

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POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R.H.A. (2011). World checklist of selected plant families published update Facilitated by the Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Szlachetko, D.L. & Mytnik-Ejsmont, J. (2015). Orchidaceae of West-Central Africa 2: 1-300. Koeltz Scientific books, Koenigsheim, Germany.

Kew Bulletin

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  • --- (1956). Supplement to the catalogue of the vascular plants of S. Tomé (with Príncipe and Annobon). British Museum (Natural History), London.
  • --- (1959). Additions to the Flora of S. Tomé and Príncipe. Bull. Inst. Franç. Afrique Noire, Sér. A, 21 (2): 439-476.
  • --- (1960). African Orchids 27. Kew Bull. 14: 156- 157.
  • --- (1968). Orchidaceae. In: F. Hepper (ed.), Flora of West Tropical Africa 3 (1): 180-276. Crown Agents, London.
  • --- (1973). Angiosperms of the Islands of the Gulf of Guinea (Fernando Po, Príncipe, São Tomé and Annobon). Bull. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.), London Bot. 4 (8): 327-411.
  • --- (1996). New species and records of Orchidaceae from West Africa. Kew Bull. 51: 353 - 363.
  • ---, --- & Lejoly, J. (2000). Liste des Orchidaceae de São-Tomé et Príncipe. Acta Bot. Gallica 147 (2): 165-172.
  • ---, Van der Laan, F. M. & Arends, J. C. (1989). Two new species of Orchidaceae from West Africa. Kew Bull. 44: 479 - 483.
  • ---, la Croix, I. & Stévart, T. (1999). A new Polystachya (Orchidaceae) from São Tomé. Kew Bull. 54: 999-1001.
  • Cribb, P. J. (1984). Orchidaceae 2. In: R. M. Polhill (ed.) Flora of Tropical East Africa. Balkema Rotterdam.
  • Exell, A. W. (1944). Catalogue of the vascular plants of S. Tomé (with Príncipe and Annobon). British Museum (Natural History), London.
  • Geerinck, D. (1992). Orchidaceae 2. In: P. Bamps (ed.), Flore d'Afrique Centrale (Zaïre - Rwanda - Burundi): 297 - 780. Jardin Botanique National de Belgique, Meise.
  • Joffroy, G. (2001). Sabicea thomensis, une Rubiaceae nouvelle de la République démocratique de São Tomé et Príncipe. Acta Bot. Gallica 148: 103 - 107.
  • Mansfeld, R. (1934). Dinklageella. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg., Beih. 36: 63.
  • Perrier de la Bâthie, H. (1941). Orchidées, vol. 2. In: H. Humbert (ed.) Flore de Madagascar, 49: 81 - 82. Imprimerie Officelle, Tananarive.
  • Pridgeon, A. M., Cribb, P. J., Chase, M. A. & Rasmussen, F. (2001). Genera Orchidacearum 2. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
  • Rasmussen, F. N. (1978). Observations on the genus Angraecopsis (Orchidacaeae). Norweg. J. Bot. 25: 137 -144.
  • Stévart, T. & Geerinck, D. (2000). Quatre nouveaux taxons d'Orchidaceae des genres Liparis, Bulbophyllum, Polystachya et Calanthe découverts à São-Tomé et Príncipe. Syst. Geogr. Pl. 70: 141 - 148.
  • Summerhayes, V. S. (1951). A revision of the genus Angraecopsis. Bot. Mus. Leafl. Harvard Univ. 41: 240 -261.
  • Szlachetko, D. L. & Olszewski, T. S. (1998). Flore du Cameroun 34: Orchidacées Vol. 1. Ministère de la Recherche Scientifique et Technique (MINREST), Yaoundé.
  • la Croix, I. F. & Brune, A. (1997). Orchids of São Tomé and Príncipe. In: C. E. B. Pereira (ed.) Proceedings of the 15th World Orchid Conference, Rio de Janeiro, 1996: 302 - 307.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Szlachetko, D.L. & Mytnik-Ejsmont, J. (2015). Orchidaceae of West-Central Africa 2: 1-300. Koeltz Scientific books, Koenigsheim, Germany.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
  • Kew Bulletin

    • Kew Bulletin
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  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0